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When Rudenstine first began talking about creating the provost post, some feared that another administrator would add to what the Time article called "bureaucratic bloat: a selfperpetuating nomenklatura of assistant deans, development officers and other office-bound personnel."
Asked about bureaucratic bloat, outgoing Vice President General Counsel Daniel Steiner jokes, "Really. "I'm quite thin, I think."
Earth Summit enthusiasts argue that efforts to raise incomes and educational levels for the poor will have the side effect of lowering population growth. In the fastest-growing countries, however, population increases prevent development by sopping up investment capital that might otherwise improve lives. If the summit is to be...
Both documents will be adopted at Rio, but neither bears much resemblance to the original conception. After weeks of debate, the Earth Charter was abandoned and replaced by a woodenly written declaration filled with the kind of pious promises ("eradicating poverty," "eliminat((ing)) unsustainable patterns of production and consumption") that...
Agarwal's comments reflect a new feistiness among developing countries on environmental matters. A coalition of them, called the Group of 77, has put up a remarkably united front in the Earth Summit talks. Led by Indians and Pakistanis, whose language skills and flair for bureaucratic nitpicking serve them well...